- Wilhelm Sasnal
Wilhelm Sasnal (born
December 29 1972 inTarnów ,Poland ) is a Polish painter. Diploma of painting at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts graduation in 1999.Works held in collections such as
Saatchi orTate Modern in London, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.He is the 2006 winner of the Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe 2006. His international exhibitions include
Frankfurter Kunstverein (2006). [ [http://www.thevincentaward.eu/content.asp?menumber=INDEX10001&panumber=INDEX10001&LANGUAGE=EN Vincent Award] ] [ [http://www.fkv.de/de/WilhelmSasnalEN_000.htm Details at Frankfurter Kunstverein] ]Records for his works were set at Solid Phillips in March 2006 [citation | title= Pop Art Leads the Way at Solid Phillips Sale| author= Sarah Douglas | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2005 | date= November 12, 2005 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/1552/pop-art-leads-the-way-at-solid-phillips-sale/ | accessdate=2008-04-23 ] and at Christie’s (New York) Post-War and Contemporary Art sale in May 2007. [citation | title= A Wild Ride| author= Jacquelyn Lewis | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2007 | date= May 17, 2007 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/25091/a-wild-ride/ | accessdate=2008-04-23 ]
Further reading
* Nomination for the Vincent Award, by Beatrix Ruf, director of the
Kunsthalle Zürich [http://www.thevincentaward.eu/content.asp?menumber=INDEX10003&panumber=L100030004&LANGUAGE=EN]
* Michael Zeeman, "The Vincent Van Gogh Award for Contemporary Art in Europe", Veenman Publishers (2006), ISBN 9086900313
* Wilhelm Sasnal, "Wilhelm Sasnal: Paintings & Films", Veenman Publishers (2006), ISBN 9086900046Notes
Contributions
2008 "Life on Mars," the 2008 "Carnegie International" [http://blog.cmoa.org/CI08/2008/02/wilhelm-sasnal.php]
External links
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wilhelm_sasnal_about.htm The Saatchi Gallery; About Wilhelm Sasnal and his art] Additional information on Wilhelm Sasnal including artworks, text panels, articles, and full biography
* [http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/wy_wy_sasnal_map_trap_raster 2004 exhibit, culture.pl website] with more at [http://www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/sasnal/sasnal.htm]
*http://artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/14532
* [http://www.welt.de/print-wams/article109421/Wilhelm_Sasnal_ist_der_polnische_Roy_Lichtenstein.html "Wilhelm Sasnal ist der polnische Roy Lichtenstein", Welt am Sonntag, April 25, 2004] - in German
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